Rock The Rapids

Rock The Rapids announced Monday morning that rock icons ZZ Top and blues guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd will perform on Thursday, August 22 on the Auto Value Main Stage at the three-day music festival.

I realized I never got a chance to blog about Rock The Rapids and meeting Halestorm. I was super geeked to meet Lzzy Hale because shes bad ass right? Well as JT likes to put it, "there should be a tape recorder just recording the dumb sh*t I say...

Stone Temple Pilots and Wayland had great sets during Day 2 of Rock The Rapids earlier this week. Check out photos from the event after the jump.

Grunge veterans Stone Temple Pilots returned to Grand Rapids a year after their show at the DeltaPlex last August, and somehow had MORE fans come see them at Rock the Rapids Tuesday night. The weather was perfect, the beer was flowing and the band kept playing for an hour and a half  of 90s nostalgic bliss.

"ST mother f'n P" (a dahmer nickname for the band) rocks out at 'Rock The Rapids' tomorrow night. And after more than a year of solid performances, I think the Scott Weiland-unpredictability-factor can be put to bed now.  They put on a great show last time they were in town. The band sounded t...

I took journey downtown today after the Dogwash to spy on the 'Rock The Rapids' set up. Check out the pictures of the stage being built. I think you're gonna like the scenic backdrop of downtown GR when at the concerts this week. Of course, you'll have to see it for yourself on Tuesday when you come down to see our Stone Temple Show...

97.9 GRD and Rock The Rapids present the Ultimate Rock Star Treatment! One lucky fan will score the V.I.P. jackpot during Rock the Rapids, August 8-13 in downtown Grand Rapids!